Burner and inhaler.



Patnted May 6, I902.

A rromvs Ys W M mi w. n. WARNER;

BURNER AND INHALER.

(Apphcatlon filed July 23, 1901 (No Model.)

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UNTTTD STATES \VILLIAM R. WVARNER, OF VERGENNES, VERMONT.

BURNER AND INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,598, dated May 6,1902.

Application filed July 23, 1901. Serial No. 69,380. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Vergennes, in the county of Addison andState ofVermont, have invented a new and Improved Burner and Inhaler, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved burner andinhaler arranged to permit the user to burn suitable herbs or drugs in avery convenient manner and to bring the fumes arising from the burningprocess directly to the mouth or nostrils of a patient to insure properapplication of the fumes without waste of the herbs or drugs.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims;

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2 isa sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

The improved device consists, essentially, of a shell A, formed with adome A, terminating at its apex in a spout A adapted to be engaged byone end of a rubber tube B, placed at its other end in the mouth ornostril of a patient when the device is to be used for the purposementioned. The spout A is ordinarily closed by a cap 0, preferably hungon a chain 0, attached to the dome, so that the fumes arising from theburning herbs or drugs may first accumulate in the shell or dome Abefore the tube B is placed in position.

The shell A is provided with a bottom D, connected by a hinge E with oneside of the shell, the free end of the bottom having a spring handle andlock D to permit the operator to open or close the bottom and to lock itin position by the handle, and lock D hearing against the side of theshell A opposite to where the hinge E is located. The upper surface ofthe bottom D is provided with a burner for burning herbs or drugscentrally within the shell, the fumes of the burning herbs or drugspassing to the mouth or nostrils of the patient by the dome A, the spoutA and the tube B, as previouslyexplained. The burner is formed by thecentral solid portion of. the bottom D and by an annular flange D risingfrom the bottom and surrounding said central portion, so that drugs orherbs placed on said central portion are retained in a central positiontherein, the shell permitting the process of burning and generating thefumes. The bottom D, outside of the annular flange D is formed withair-inlets D to allow outside air to pass into the shell and to theburner to insure proper combustion of the ignited drugs or herbs.

In using the device the operator swings the bottom D into an openposition to allow of placing the herbs or drugs to be burned upon theburner, and then said drugs or herbs are ignited, after which thebottom'D is closed. Escape of the risingfumes from the shell is at firstprevented by the cap C, then in position on the spout A but as soon assufficient fumes for a thorough application on the affiicted part haveaccumulated then the cap (3 is removed and the tube B is placed on thespout A so that the fumes pass to the mouth and nostrils of the patientand are inhaled by the patient to cure asthma and other diseases.

When the device is not in use for burning and inhaling purposes, it canbe readily utilized to store drugs or herbs in large quanti ties in theshell, so that said drugs or herbs are always at hand to permit of usingthe device for the purposes described.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A burner andinhaler, comprising a shell having a hinged bottom, a dome, adischargespout extending from the apex of the dome, a flexible tube forcarrying off the generated fumes, and a burner on the upper side of saidhinged bottom, for receiving and burning the drugs, said burner beingformed by a central solid portion of the bottom and by an annular flangerising. from said bottom and surrounding said central portion, thebottom being provided with air-inlets outside said flange and leadinginto the shell, to furnish the necessary air for proper combustion ofherbs or drugs placed in the burner, as set forth.

2. A burner and inhaler, consisting of a shellhavingadome-shaped upperportion ter- In testimony whereof i have signed my minating in a spent,and a hinged bottom havname to this specification in the presence of inga combined catch and handle, the bottom two subscribing witnesses.

being provided with an annular vertical flange WILLIAM R. \VARNER. '5 onits inner face and. of less diameter than Witnesses:

the shell and with perforations in the space F. V. TUTTLE,

intervening the flange and sheii, as set forth. JOHN GIBSON.

